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Re: Gamespy posts preview
Posted By: chefDate: 11/24/00 3:41 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Gamespy posts preview (Jesse)

Your analysis is very accurate; I'm impressed!

The intention was to create a UI that would capture some of the look and feel of a HUD you might see in the cockpit of a varitech fighter...lots of rings and dials that convey information but require a bit of training to decipher.

> You know, I was looking at those shots, and it occured to me(and I'm sure
> you've already noticed this, but I had to mention it anyway) how good the
> interface is. I looked through what few movies I've downloaded so far(hey,
> I'm too much of a procrastinator, but I'll download the rest later...) I
> believe the right hand indicator is health(duh.), the number of health
> packs carried and an indicator for where damage is coming from(and some
> other stuff) The left displays the current weapon, with clip #'s
> shown(presumably indicating for both weapons at the same time, since the
> stuff I've seen has only shown the top half of the clips with anything in
> it), and then the # of bullets left in the current clip, and an objective
> pointer, where the size of the bar indicates the proximity to the
> objective. Anyhow, it looks fairly intuitive, and incorperates most of the
> stuff I can think of for the main interface(some additional stuff would be
> nice, like maps, but would probably get more in the way than help out for
> regular use... probably will be menus for stuff like that though)

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Gamespy posts previewBachus 11/21/00 11:17 a.m.
     Re: Gamespy posts previewRedox 11/21/00 6:20 p.m.
           Re: Gamespy posts previewJesse 11/21/00 10:51 p.m.
                 Re: Gamespy posts previewHarry 11/21/00 11:45 p.m.
                       Re: Gamespy posts previewJesse 11/22/00 11:07 a.m.
                             Re: Gamespy posts previewRedox 11/22/00 10:36 p.m.
                                   Re: Gamespy posts previewHarry 11/22/00 11:11 p.m.
                                         Writting & fightingRedox 11/23/00 3:10 p.m.
                                               Re: Writting & fightinganeep 11/23/00 4:10 p.m.
                                                     *bangs head*Redox 11/23/00 6:54 p.m.
                                                           Re: *bangs head*aneep 11/23/00 7:32 p.m.
                                                                 There you go Nacho, no posts ;)Redox 11/27/00 7:05 p.m.
                                   Re: Gamespy posts previewTyrbiter 11/23/00 11:02 a.m.
                                         Contrasting Game Saving-A MapRedox 11/23/00 3:31 p.m.
                                               Re: Contrasting Game Saving-A MapMark Levin 11/23/00 10:19 p.m.
                                                     Re: Contrasting Game Saving-A MapJesse 11/24/00 1:03 a.m.
                                                           Re: Contrasting Game Saving-A MapMark Levin 11/24/00 2:44 a.m.
                                                                 Re: Contrasting Game Saving-A Mapaneep 11/24/00 5:36 a.m.
                                                           Re: Contrasting Game Saving-A MapDan Rudolph 11/26/00 9:15 p.m.
                 Re: Gamespy posts previewchef 11/24/00 3:41 p.m.
                       Re: Gamespy posts previewJesse 11/25/00 2:29 a.m.
                             Re: Gamespy posts previewChrispy Nacho 11/25/00 2:45 a.m.
                       Re: Gamespy posts previewsarwat 11/25/00 3:42 a.m.
     Re: Gamespy posts previewbutcher 11/22/00 2:09 p.m.
           Re: Gamespy posts previewBachus 11/22/00 11:36 p.m.
           Re: Gamespy posts previewGherri7 11/25/00 6:00 p.m.



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